Research Catalog

Title

Candidus, or, The optimist / by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated into English by W. Rider, M.A., late scholar of Jesus College, Oxford.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Publication

Dublin : Printed for James Hoey, jun. and William Smith, jun., booksellers, 1759.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rider, William, 1723-1785.
• Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Description

[2], 136 [i.e. 132] p.; 15 cm. (12mo)

Alternative Title

• Candidus
• Optimist

Note

• Translation of: Candide, ou, L'optimisme.
• This translation first published: London : J. Scott, 1759.
• Errors in paging: p. [59-68] number 35-38, 43-46, 39-40; nos. 69-72 omitted.
• Signatures: [A1] B⁶(-B6) C-F⁶ G⁶(-G6) H-M⁶ N².
• Woodcut t.p. ornament; ornamental headpiece.

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC (RLIN)
• Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)

Provenance (note)

• *KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; Christopher Marshall (autograph on t.p.).

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. English. 1759c) 00-171

OCLC

NYPG01-B3516

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Candidus, or, The optimist / by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated into English by W. Rider, M.A., late scholar of Jesus College, Oxford.

Imprint

Dublin : Printed for James Hoey, jun. and William Smith, jun., booksellers, 1759.

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T153254

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 50

Provenance

*KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; Christopher Marshall (autograph on t.p.).

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Added Author

Rider, William, 1723-1785.

Marshall, Christopher, 1709-1797. Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. English. 1759c) 00-171